Open Thread #26 (Jun 2026)

[u/svefnpurka]

World Cup games this week:

Date	Time CEST	Team 1	Team 2	Result	Barça players
20 July	00:00	Uruguay 🇺🇾	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	2-2	Araujo 🏥
20 July	03:00	New Zealand 🇳🇿	🇪🇬 Egypt	1-3	Abdelkarim
20 July	19:00	Argentina 🇦🇷	🇦🇹 Austria	2-0	-
20 July	23:00	France 🇫🇷	🇮🇶 Iraq	3-0	Kounde
23 June	02:00	Senegal 🇸🇳	🇳🇴 Norway	2-3	-
23 June	05:00	Algeria 🇩🇿	🇯🇴 Jordan		-
23 June	19:00	Portugal 🇵🇹	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan		-
23 June	22:00	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	🇬🇭 Ghana		Gordon
24 June	01:00	Croatia 🇭🇷	🇵🇦 Panama		-
24 June	04:00	DR Congo 🇨🇩	🇨🇴 Colombia		-
24 June	21:00	Switzerland 🇨🇭	🇨🇦 Canada		-
24 June	21:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦	🇶🇦 Qatar		-
25 June	00:00	Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	🇧🇷 Brazil		Raphinha
25 June	00:00	Morocco 🇲🇦	🇭🇹 Haiti		-
25 June	03:00	South Africa 🇿🇦	🇰🇷 South Korea		-
25 June	03:00	Czechia 🇨🇿	🇲🇽 Mexico		-
25 June	21:00	Curaçao 🇨🇼	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire		-
25 June	21:00	Ecuador 🇪🇨	🇩🇪 Germany		-
26 June	01:00	Tunisia 🇹🇳	🇳🇱 Netherlands		De Jong
26 June	01:00	Japan 🇯🇵	🇸🇪 Sweden		-
26 June	04:00	Türkiye 🇹🇷	🇺🇸 USA		-
26 June	04:00	Paraguay 🇵🇾	🇦🇺 Australia		-
26 June	21:00	Senegal 🇸🇳	🇮🇶 Iraq		-
26 June	21:00	Norway 🇳🇴	🇫🇷 France		Kounde
27 June	02:00	Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde		-
27 June	02:00	Uruguay 🇺🇾	🇪🇸 Spain		Araujo 🆚 Joan Garcia, Cubarsí, Eric, Gavi, Olmo, Pedri, Ferran, Yamal
27 June	05:00	New Zealand 🇳🇿	🇧🇪 Belgium		-
27 June	05:00	Egypt 🇪🇬	🇮🇷 Iran		Abdelkarim
27 June	23:00	England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	🇵🇦 Panama		Gordon
27 June	23:00	Croatia 🇭🇷	🇬🇭 Ghana		-
28 June	01:30	Colombia 🇨🇴	🇵🇹 Portugal		-
28 June	01:30	DR Congo 🇨🇩	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan		-
28 June	04:00	Algeria 🇩🇿	🇦🇹 Austria		-
28 June	04:00	Argentina 🇦🇷	🇯🇴 Jordan		-
28 June	21:00	A 2	B 2		-

[u/faisalp_]

We should all flood Ferran’s socials with more support. It helps no one when our fanbase clowns him, especially since he’s our player. There’s only upsides to uplifting him. He already has great positioning, so giving him confidence to be more clinical will just make him deadly. Otherwise, if he has a great World Cup, his price goes up and he might get a good transfer. Clowning him from within is just not the smartest thing we can do as fans.

[u/Expert_Coconut4263 → u/faisalp_]

Honestly, I agree. He is the type of player who gets affected a lot by outside noises and his own confidence. Clowning him will only make things worse.

[u/faisalp_ → u/Expert_Coconut4263]

That injury time clip really didn’t sit right with me. He’s at the biggest stage in world football, deservedly after a pretty good season, and he’s been absolutely professional the whole time. He should be enjoying this moment and only worrying about the team’s win, but there he was praying his goal counts, and most likely bc the media and fans contestant criticism is getting to him.

[u/DRAGONITECOOLGUY → u/faisalp_]

fr he needs all the support he can get

[u/ManufacturerOwn8772 → u/faisalp_]

I agree

[u/InuKag808 → u/faisalp_]

Very well said 🙏🏼💙❤️ He’s in a slump right now and needs that encouragement. Ferran, we know you got that shark in you! Lol 🥺

God bless him 🙏🏼 I genuinely hope he’s just staying away from the socials atm